Red-tailed bumblebee on bird's foot trefoil - Jon Hawkins
Join our Youth Board
Are you aged between 11-24? Do you live in Suffolk and love your local wildlife? Do you care about the environment and want to help protect it?
We want you to join our Youth Board!
At Suffolk Widlife Trust, we established our Youth Board in 2021 because we know youth voices need to be part of conversations about how we protect nature. If we want to make sure our wildlife is protected for years to come and we need young people’s thoughts, knowledge, and opinions.
Our Youth Board is the voice of Suffolk’s young people. We empower our members to take action for nature, get involved with decision making, and campaign for environmental issues. The Youth Board meets once a month online and has lots of opportunities to get involved with the Trust's work across the county. Read through our What We Do webpages and our News feed to find out more about our work.
Interested in applying? Of course, you are! After reading the details in our pack, fill in the application form below to apply. Check out the recruitment pack to find out more about what it’s like to be part of our Youth Board.
‘In my area of Suffolk, the destruction of habitats and loss of endangered species continue to increase. However, the nature crisis does not only threaten one region of the UK, but the entire country. This is why I’m proud to represent the voices of everyone concerned about the future of our natural environment and hope the government will take action now to recover biodiversity, before it becomes too late.’
Megan - Youth Board Member
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John Ferguson
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How to apply
Please complete our Youth Board Application Form and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Monitoring Form).
Blogs from the Youth Board
Winter has come
A poem dedicated to our need to care for nature
Finding Nature
An ode to the wonders of nature in prose and poetry
'Just a Tree' Youth Board Poem
A moving poem about the life of an oak tree, written by Suffolk Wildlife Trust Youth Board member, Henry
Youth Board update - Nextdoor Nature Celebration
Youth Board members attended the Nextdoor Nature Celebration Event a The Hive in Ipswich, helping run activities, perform poetry, and…
Youth Board update – 30 Days Wild
The Youth Board took part in 30 Days Wild this year, members chose a different wild action to share on social media to inspire others to…
Letter to PM says young people will have even less nature without urgent action now
Young people hand-in 60,000-strong petition to Downing St today calling for more ambitious nature targets.
